Henry Brainerd McClellan (Oct. 17, 1840–Oct. 1, 1904) was an officer in the Confederate States Army

Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...

 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 and a post-war author of multiple books.

McClellan and his brother Carswell (b. 1836) were the sons of renowned Philadelphia surgeon Samuel McClellan and first cousins to Union

Union Army

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 Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...

. Henry, a former ministry student and schoolteacher, graduated from Williams College

Williams College

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 in 1858.

Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Company G, Virginia 3rd Cavalry Regiment

3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

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 on June 14, 1861, in Ashland, Virginia

Ashland, Virginia

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. His brother Carswell joined the Union army and was a lieutenant and assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Andrew Humphreys

Andrew Humphreys

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. Henry was promoted to major on April 15, 1863, and two weeks later appointed assistant adjutant-general to Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

J.E.B. Stuart

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...

. After Stuart’s death, he served for three months on the staff of General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

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, and was afterward on the staff of Gen. Wade Hampton III

Wade Hampton III

Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S...

 as Adjutant General and Chief of Staff of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia

Army of Northern Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac...

. Henry was paroled at Greensboro, N.C.

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, on April 26, 1865.

He married Catherine Macon Matthews on December 12, 1863, and they had nine children. In 1870, Henry moved to Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

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, where he founded and directed the Sayre Female Institute. In 1885 he authored The Life and Campaigns of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart. Henry worked as an insurance agent and died of a heart attack in Lexington.